Week 3 independent activities

WALT - solve division problems using different strategies

1. Sam and Leo had 450 stickers in their collection. Sam wanted to share with three people but Leo wanted to share it among five people. If Sam shared with three people, how many would each person get? How many would each person get if Leo shared with five people?

1. If Sam shared with 3 people, each person would get 150 each. 450 divided by 3=150
2. If Leo shared with 5 people, each person would get 90 each. 450 divided by 5=90

2. Create a word problem for each of these equations.

1. Kira has 15 lollies and wants to share with 3 people, how many would each person get? 15÷3=5
2. A.J has a packet of 16 marbles and wants to share it with his 4 friends. How many marbles would each friend get? 16÷4=4
3. A bakeoff competition has 45 pies. There are 5 judges, how many pies would each judge eat?45 ÷ 5=9
4. I have $70 that I would like to gift to seven people. How much $$ would each person get? 70÷7=10
5. If 35m was gained evenly by 7 students, how many meters did each student gain Individually? 35÷7=5 
6. If 48 students were split between eight teams how many students per team?48 ÷ 8=6
7. If there are 42 netball players with no reserves and 6 teams how many players are in each team? 42÷6=7
8. Tamatoa has 28 toy cars and wants to share them between four of his cousins. How many toy cars would each cousin get? 28÷4=7
9. April and her Papa caught 27 paddle crabs and wanted to share them between 3 neighbours. How many paddle crabs would each neighbour get? 27÷3=9
10. Victoria and Taijah bought 32 lollies to school to share out between 8 friends. How many lollies would each friend get? 32÷8=4 

3. Elton John travelled around the world for a tour. When he arrived back home he calculated he had travelled to 32 different countries in 160 days. Approximately how many days did he spend in each country? 32÷160=5. Elton John spent approximately 5 days in each country.

4. Hine and her family were making a 180 km trip to Cape Reinga. Their car broke down ¼ of the way. How many kilometres had they travelled before their car broke down? 180÷4=45/4x45=180. Hine and her family had travelled 45km before their car broke down.

4. On an Air New Zealand flight to England, every passenger receives three meals during the flight. How many meals are needed if there are 184 passengers on a flight? 184x3=552. 552 meals.

5. A farmer received $264 from his tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes for $3 a kilogram. How many kilograms did the farmer sell? 264÷3=88. The farmer sold 88kg of tomatoes.

6. Sione and his sister sold pineapple pies for a fundraiser. They made $220 from selling pies for $4. How many pies did they sell? 220÷4=55. Sione and his sisters sold 55 pineapple pies.